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EMG Controlled Modular Prosthetic Hand–Design and Prototyping (2023)
Book Chapter
Suddaby, A., & Iqbal, J. (2023). EMG Controlled Modular Prosthetic Hand–Design and Prototyping. In X. Yang, R. S. Sherratt, N. Dey, & A. Joshi (Eds.), Proceedings of Eighth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology : ICICT 2023 (97-107). Singapore: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-3043-2_8

Prosthetic hands can be essential for those without a biological hand(s) to accomplish everyday tasks but the cost, of up to tens of thousands, keeps them out of reach for many people. This paper reports on the development of a low-cost affordable an... Read More about EMG Controlled Modular Prosthetic Hand–Design and Prototyping.

Parliament of Bangladesh: Constitutional Position and Contributions (2023)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2023). Parliament of Bangladesh: Constitutional Position and Contributions. In R. Hoque, & R. Chowdhury (Eds.), A History of the Constitution of Bangladesh: The Founding, Development, and Way Ahead (145-160). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003276814-12

At the end of British colonial rule in 1947, Bangladesh became a part of Pakistan. It declared independence in March 1971, fought a nine-month-long war, and emerged as an independent state in December 1971. At independence, Bangladesh adopted the Wes... Read More about Parliament of Bangladesh: Constitutional Position and Contributions.

Effect of Operational Wind-Turbine Vibration on Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates (2023)
Book Chapter
Burgess, J., Thomas, S., Mazik, K., Al-Mudallal, S., Tang, S. K., & Breithaupt, T. (2023). Effect of Operational Wind-Turbine Vibration on Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates. In A. N. Popper, J. Sisneros, A. D. Hawkins, & F. Thomsen (Eds.), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life : Principles and Practical Considerations (1-20). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_21-1

With the UK aiming to achieve 50 GW of offshore renewable energy by 2030, offshore construction will increase in tandem. The construction noise associated with wind turbine installation has gained much attention over the years, with sound emissions t... Read More about Effect of Operational Wind-Turbine Vibration on Surface-Dwelling Invertebrates.

Domestic abuse: Analysing women's use of violence (2023)
Book Chapter
Couto, L. (2023). Domestic abuse: Analysing women's use of violence. In S. Banwel, L. Black, D. Cecil, Y. Djamba, S. Kimuna, E. Milne, …E. Tenkorang (Eds.), The Emerald International Handbook of Feminist Perspectives on Women’s Acts of Violence (141-153). Leeds: Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-80382-255-620231010

Now and again the discourse of women's violence being ignored and minimised emerges, but what is already known about this subject? Within the domestic abuse literature, there appears to be a weighty discord between Violence Against Women and Girls (V... Read More about Domestic abuse: Analysing women's use of violence.

Transnationality: Intercultural Dialogues, Encounters and the Theatres of Curiosity (2023)
Book Chapter
Drábek, P. (2023). Transnationality: Intercultural Dialogues, Encounters and the Theatres of Curiosity. In Y. Meerzon, & S. E. Wilmer (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook on Theatre and Migration (639–650). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20196-7_51

This chapter reflects on the long history of cultural dialogues in theatre, summed up in the concept of transnationality. Drawing on a range of dramaturgies, it argues for a historiographic approach that foregrounds the transnational and intercultura... Read More about Transnationality: Intercultural Dialogues, Encounters and the Theatres of Curiosity.

Respiratory medicine (2023)
Book Chapter
Hart, S., Hearn, H., & Cookson, J. (2023). Respiratory medicine. In K. Wong, S. Walton, S. Sudhakaran, & J. Cookson (Eds.), Practical Guide to Visualizing Medicine: A Self-Assessment Manual (153-171). Cham: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24465-0_8

This chapter covers the main presentations of respiratory disease, breathlessness, cough, sputum production, haemoptysis, wheeze and chest pain. It shows how the diagnosis can be derived from a careful history and examination and relatively simple in... Read More about Respiratory medicine.

Fifty Years of Electioneering in Bangladesh: The Collapse of a Constitutional Design (2023)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2023). Fifty Years of Electioneering in Bangladesh: The Collapse of a Constitutional Design. In M. R. Islam, & M. E. Haque (Eds.), The Constitutional Law of Bangladesh: Progression and Transformation at its 50th Anniversary (173-193). Singapore: Springer (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2579-7_10

The orderly transfer of power through regular, participatory, free, fair, and credible election is the most fundamental, though not the only, requirement of democratic constitutionalism. Bangladesh’s 50 years-long electioneering experience represents... Read More about Fifty Years of Electioneering in Bangladesh: The Collapse of a Constitutional Design.

The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence (2023)
Book Chapter
Wurzel, R. K., Di Lullo, M., & Liefferink, D. (2023). The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence. In T. Rayner, K. Szulecki, A. J. Jordan, & S. Oberthür (Eds.), Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics (38-52). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781789906981.00014

The European Council and the Council each constitute at once supranational EU institutions in which Member States collectively take decisions in the interest of the EU and intergovernmental bargaining arenas for Member States which try to defend thei... Read More about The European Council, Council and Member States: jostling for influence.

The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy (2023)
Book Chapter
Pearson, R. (2023). The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy. In H. Paul, N. Di Liberto, & D. Coffman (Eds.), The Bubble Act : New Perspectives from Passage to Repeal and Beyond (13-36). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31894-8_2

The alleged failings of contemporary marine insurance were cited in the opening article of the Bubble Act of 1720 as the reason why its passage was necessary. The act declared that, by granting exclusive charters to two new London corporations to und... Read More about The Bubble Act and the First Corporate Economy.

Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance (2023)
Book Chapter
Liefferink, D., Andersen, M. S., Gheuens, J., Tobin, P., Torney, D., & Wurzel, R. K. (2023). Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance. In H. Jörgens, C. Knill, & Y. Steinebach (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy (237-248). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003043843-20

The authors explore the role of leadership in environmental governance. During recent decades, insights from the International Relations and Comparative Politics literature have been combined to improve our understanding of the different motives, pos... Read More about Leaders, Pioneers, and Followers in Environmental Governance.

Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Probation’s Role in Providing Health-Related Support (2023)
Book Chapter
Sirdifield, C., Nichols, H., & Mullen, P. (2023). Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Probation’s Role in Providing Health-Related Support. In E. Johnston (Ed.), Covid-19 and Criminal Justice : Impact and Legacy in England and Wales (201-216). Abingdon: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003281481

This chapter examines the issues Covid-19 caused for the probation service. The chapter suggests that health, health inequalities, and the social determinants of health have been in the spotlight like never before throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Pe... Read More about Learning from the Covid-19 Pandemic: Probation’s Role in Providing Health-Related Support.

Making and Unmaking the Constitution of Bangladesh (2023)
Book Chapter
Chowdhury, M. J. A. (2023). Making and Unmaking the Constitution of Bangladesh. In N. Son Bui, & M. Malagodi (Eds.), Asian Comparative Constitutional Law Volume 1 Constitution-Making (363-382). Oxford: Hart Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781509949724.ch-017

Bangladesh ’ s Constitution of 1972 was largely modelled on a UK-styled parliamentary system with a ‘ half-hearted ’ combination of a US-styled judiciary. Th e framers choose a Westminster-like arrangement between the executive and legislative branch... Read More about Making and Unmaking the Constitution of Bangladesh.

The Many Challenges of Human Experimental Itch Research (2023)
Book Chapter
Holle, H., & Lloyd, D. M. (2023). The Many Challenges of Human Experimental Itch Research. In N. P. Holmes (Ed.), Somatosensory Research Methods (161-180). New York: Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-3068-6_8

Itch has long been a neglected sense within somatosensory research, and with good reason: acute itch, although relatively easy to trigger, is notoriously difficult to control experimentally. Its time course and behavior cannot easily be predicted and... Read More about The Many Challenges of Human Experimental Itch Research.

Organised crime - the cyber dimension (2023)
Book Chapter
Demetis, D. (2023). Organised crime - the cyber dimension. In B. Rider (Ed.), A Research Agenda for Organised Crime (177-194). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802201369.00014

This chapter reviews a few critical technological developments and reflects both on their trajectory and on the opportunities they harbour for novel forms of cyber-enabled criminality. While the future of organised crime remains forever out of grasp,... Read More about Organised crime - the cyber dimension.

Horror Theory Now : Thinking About Horror (2023)
Book Chapter
Corstorphine, K. (2023). Horror Theory Now : Thinking About Horror. In S. Bacon (Ed.), Evolution of Horror in the 21st Century (13-26). Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield

Conservative Party Ideology in the Age of Brexit (2023)
Book Chapter
Beech, M. (2023). Conservative Party Ideology in the Age of Brexit. In M. Beech, & S. Lee (Eds.), Conservative Governments in the Age of Brexit (11-24). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21464-6_2

This essay asserts that the Age of Brexit was one of sharp ideological conflict in the Conservative Party and yet, despite such tumult, the Conservative Party demonstrated its ideological breadth by surviving schism and thriving, by winning a third s... Read More about Conservative Party Ideology in the Age of Brexit.

The Execution Dock: Wapping, East London, UK (2023)
Book Chapter
Laverick, W., & Joyce, P. (2023). The Execution Dock: Wapping, East London, UK. In A. Lynes, C. Kelly, & J. Treadwell (Eds.), 50 Dark Destinations: Crime and Contemporary Tourism (65-70). Bristol: Policy Press

This book chapter focuses on the crime of piracy and how the state responded to this problem in the eighteenth and early years of the nineteenth century.

The General Elections: 2015, 2017, 2019 (2023)
Book Chapter
Fear, C. (2023). The General Elections: 2015, 2017, 2019. In Conservative Governments in the Age of Brexit (47-64). Cham: Palgrave Macmillan (part of Springer Nature). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-21464-6_4

This chapter explains the backgrounds, the strategies, and the performance of the Conservatives’ three general election campaigns in 2015, 2017, and 2019. Special attention is given to voting patterns and statistics, which (I argue) reveal more about... Read More about The General Elections: 2015, 2017, 2019.

The Nonformal Education Sector and Global Competence Education (2023)
Book Chapter
Howland, C., Jones, S., Liles, M., & Rey Vasquez, C. (2023). The Nonformal Education Sector and Global Competence Education. In C. E. Ullom, & N. Guler (Eds.), At School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield

The vast majority of current literature on global competence education focuses on issues in formal academic settings and through traditional educational pathways, such as school settings (e.g. Boix-Mansilla & Jackson, 2013; Johnson et al., 2011) and... Read More about The Nonformal Education Sector and Global Competence Education.

Global Competence Education Strategies: A View from around the World and Considerations for Implementation (2023)
Book Chapter
Briga, E., Jones, S., Howland, C., & Liles, M. (2023). Global Competence Education Strategies: A View from around the World and Considerations for Implementation. In C. Ullom, & N. Guler (Eds.), At School in the World: Developing Globally Engaged Teachers. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield

In this chapter we present how global competence development is articulated in education policies across four intergovernmental organisations (IOs) and 11 countries. We conducted this review as part of a preliminary scoping study within an European E... Read More about Global Competence Education Strategies: A View from around the World and Considerations for Implementation.